Btwn 2011-2021, suicide rates increased staggeringly among people of color: 70% increase in AI/AN ppl, 58% increase among Black ppl & 39% increase among Hispanic ppl.
Black youth have the fastest rising rate of suicide of any group (>144% since '07) & are less likely than peers to receive care.
Black youth have the fastest rising rate of suicide of any group (>144% since '07) & are less likely than peers to receive care.
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Derek W. Black
This is the day every young voter should remember. For several years running, young people said they needed mental health counselors more than anything—while legislators fawned over vouchers. Washington finally listened in 2022. Trump just cut the program.
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